Mechanically-operated figure toy



Patented Jan. 10, 1928.

UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GALLO, OF REVERE, AND JESSE B. ROLLINS, OF EVERETT,

MASSACHUSETTS.

MECHANICALLY-OPERATED FIGURE TOY..

Application filed November 18, 1926. Serial No. 149,108.

tempo of which can be readily adjusted to accord with that of the'musicbeing reproduced by the machine.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a toy figure embodying our improvements. Figure 2 is adetail view of the adjusting mechanism, mainly in section. r Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the same upside down. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the brace member of the toy.

The body portion 1 of the toy is the image ot a man having one or botharms 2 pivoted thereto at 3 and holding in the hand a baton 4 with whichthe figure beats the time. 5 designates the record of a talking machine,which rests upon a rotatable table 6 carried by the spindle 7. Thefinger is designed to be mounted upon this spindle and is maintained inan upright position by means of a brace preferably composed of heavywire,

and consisting of two angular spaced legslO, and an arm 11 at thejuncture thereof, the latter being a folded portion of the wireanddesigned to be thrust friction-tight into a socket 12 attached to theback of the Figure 1. v

For swinging the arm or arms 2 up and down in a manner to simulatebeating time,

i a rubbertired wheel 13 is arranged to rest upon the record 5 and tohave a crank fl-l within the hollow hgure which. is connected by apitman 15 to, a crank 16 rigid with the arm spindle 3; whereby therotation of the record COllllllUlllCEltQS a similar motion to the wheel13 and an oscillating motion to the arm or arms 2. The pitman 15 ispreterably of wire bent .into an eye 19 at each end for mounting uponthe cranks 14, 16, and each eye is a helix of a few coils to keep thesame in place upon the associated crank.

Since the toy rests upon the end of the spindle? the height'of whichvaries somewhat in different makes of talking machines, the portion ofthe wheel-spindle 20 adjacent the wheel 13 passes through a 21 in orderthat the Wheel can rest in each record which will inve'ntion, We havehereunto vertical slot case upon the record The only etfect upon theoperation of the arm or arms 2' is to cause them to swing either higheror lower, while still maintaining the same length of stroke.

For enabling the time-beating to be varied in order to correspond withthe tempo of the music being produced by the records, the pivotal plate22, into an indentation 23 of which the end of the spindle 7 enters, isslidablycarried by an elongated plate and longitudinally adjustedrelative thereto by means of a screw 25 turning in a threaded boss 26attached to the plate and rota table in an ear 27 on the plate 22, asillustrated in Figs. 2 and The indentation 23 of the plate 22 havingbeen set upon the spindle T and the figure suitably braced by the legs10, and the record 5 set in motion reproducing music, the screw 25 isturned in the proper, direction until the wheel 18 rests upon thatportion of the rotate it at a speed adapted to swing the arms 2 tosynchronize with the tempo ofthe music.

VVh-at we claim as our invention is:

1. In a toy figure adapted to have its arm swung through the agency of awheel resting upon the record of a talking machine, the combinationtherewith of two relatively'movable plates on one of which is mountedthe wheel and the toy figure and the other of which engages therecord-spindle, and a screw for relatively adjusting said plates forvarying the position of said wheel radially upon the record.

2. A toy figure comprising a movable arm, a wheel adapted to rest uponthe record of a talking machine and having operative con ill! nectionwith the movable arm, of two relatively slidable plates on one of whichis mounted the wheel and the toy figure, and the other of which has anindentation entered by the end of the record-spindle, and an'adjustingscrew for varying the relatiye positions of said plates and the radiallocation of said wheel on said record. 7 In testimony that we claim theforegoing set our hands this 2nd day of October, 1926.

JOHN GALLO. JESSE B. ROLLINS.

